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  • FABS 19th Century Group

    Sponsored by FABS The FABS 19th Century Zoom Group meets for convivial conversation about all things bookish and 19th century! You are invited. Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org

  • On Collecting the Imaginary

    Sponsored by The Book Club of California. Curator Reid Byers will give a talk, “Collecting the Imaginary (in which all will be revealed),” in conjunction with his Book Club exhibition, “Imaginary Books: Lost, Unfinished, and Fictive Books Found Only in Other Books.” The talk will deal with the curious issues surrounding the acquisition of immaterial […]

  • FABS Living With Books Zoom: Book Boxes and Manuscripts in the Library

    Sponsored by FABS July 22: Join the FABS Living With Books group for congenial discussion of the challenges and pleasures of home libraries. This month's topics: (1) Clamshell and other book boxes; (2) Manuscripts in the library. Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org

  • Unholy Sensations: A Story of Sex, Scandal, and California’s First Cult Scare

    Sponsored by The Book Club of California In 1891, a suffragist and social reformer named Alzire Chevaillier launched a moral crusade to destroy Fountaingrove, a utopian spiritualist community in northern California. Chevaillier accused the colony’s leader, the poet and prophet Thomas Lake Harris, of perverting the teachings of the Bible to promote a “new sexology” […]

  • Citizen-Collectors in the Cultural Artifacts Ecosystem

    Sponsored by the Book Club of California Where do significant collections come from? They start when ordinary people develop a passion for a subject or object. They begin to add more items, filling in gaps and improving examples they have. They become subject matter experts in a narrow field. Small collections grow into larger ones […]

  • FABS Handpress Era Zoom: Collecting John Speed, London Antiquary and Cartographer

    Sponsored by FABS Join us for "Collecting John Speed, London Antiquary and Cartographer" with Martha Driver! Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org John Speed (d. 1629) was a prolific illustrator, cartographer, genealogist, historian and antiquary. Born into the middle class, Speed worked as a tailor, being admitted to the Merchant Taylor’s Company in 1580. He was […]

  • Manuscript Mondays: “First to Answer Lincoln’s Call” with Ravi D. Goel MD

    Sponsored by The Manuscript Society August 11: Manuscript Mondays. This month's topic: "First to Answer Lincoln’s Call, Rejected by Yale: Heber S. Thompson and the Power of Manuscripts," presented by Ravi D. Goel MD. Dr. Goel will highlight the Civil War experiences of the first Yale College student to answer President Lincoln’s call for volunteers […]

  • FABS Bindings Zoom: Gabrielle Fox and Neale M. Albert

    Sponsored by FABS August 18, 7:30pm EST Gabrielle Fox & Neale Albert: An Uncommon Collaboration Join us for this discussion on commissioning miniature book bindings and collaborative book publishing! Gabrielle is a bookbinder specializing in miniatures and Neale is a collector. They will discuss the process from both perspectives and look at how it led […]

  • FABS 19th Century Zoom Group

    Sponsored by FABS Join us for congenial conversation about all things bibliophilic and 19th century, from collecting to printing processes and 19th century bookish trends. All are welcome. Contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)

  • Postcards and the Baja California Border Towns

    Sponsored by the Book Club of California Postcards have a magical pull. They allow us to see the past through charming relics that allow us to travel back in time. Daniel D. Arreola’s Postcards from the Baja California Border offers a window into the historical and geographical past of storied Mexican border communities. Once-popular tourist destinations from […]

  • FABS Living With Books Zoom Group, with Reid Byers

    Sponsored by FABS Join the FABS Living With Books group for congenial discussion of the challenges and pleasures of home libraries. All are welcome. Contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)